Adamson/Price, 1848, Offaly, Ireland

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Marriage Cert #7 1848

Church of Tessaran, Kings County, May 17th 1848

Oram Adamson; Age 22; Bachelor; Soldier; Banagher; (father) William Adamson, Weaver
Marianne Price; Age 20; Spinster; Highstreet; (father) James Price, Labourer
Witnesses: Nathaniel Alexander and John Mullins

[roxierocks]

Is this photo of Adamson/Price?  Do you have any additional information on the ancestry of them or are you a descendant?  These are my gg grandparents who emmigrated to the US about 1850/51.  Thanks for submitting this information. It answered one more question in the quest for family roots.

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It's their marriage certificate.  I have Price roots in the area too & was wondering if they were related to me but I couldn't find a link between them & my family. 
I can send you a copy of the cert.  I think I have a couple of other records about them too, if you're interested.

[roxierocks]

I would certainly appreciate any information you could provide

 I don't know if the following information would be helpful in making a family connection, but here it is: the children of Marianne Price indicated in their biographies that she claimed to be the daughter of James Price and was a descendant of exhiled royalty.  Of course, I have not been able to verify this fact.

In a US Census, she states her birthplace was Ireland (Oram Adamson was from Scotland and claimed to have been from a long line of weavers and could trace the family ancestry back six centuries - although I don't have any information prior to Oram). One of the sons of Marianne and Oram indicated that their mother was born in Ireland-The Bush in a later US Census.

Marianne and Oram had a daughter, Mary P., who was their first-born child born in Ireland in 1849.  Their last address was Liverpool prior to coming to the United States in late 1850 or early 1851.  They eventually settled in Paulsboro, New Jersey, USA and opened a carpet weaving business.  They joined a methodist church in Paulsboro, so I assume that they were protestants.

Was the Church of Tesseran a catholic or protestant church?  I could not find any information when I searched the web.

I don't know if Marianne had any siblings, nor do I know her mother's name.

I don't mean to be a pest, but as you know, genealogy research is addicting! And, the thought of finding distant relatives across the globe in intriguing.

Thanks for your response.

[lbud]

I wonder what the royal connection is??  It sounds fascinating.   It's a pity she wasn't more specific about it.  And the marriage cert does prove there is a history of weavers in the family.  There was a strong military presence in Offaly in the 1800s so that explains why a Scottish soldier was living in Banagher.  Perhaps you could look for military records for Oram?  Also, to find Scottish records you should look at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Tessaran is a Protestant church.  It is spelt many different ways: Tisaran, Tissaran, Tessauran etc.  The emphasis is on the second syllable TeSARan.  It is located at Moystown Cross near the village of High Street, in the west of Co. Offaly, between Shannonbridge and Ferbane.  Look for Moystown Cross on Google Maps. 
The church is in ruins now but was in use for services up to the 1960s.  There is a graveyard attached which is very overgrown.

I have transcribed a few entries from the Tisaran burial records where the names might be relevant to my own research.  These are the Price entries:

Name; Address; Date Buried; Age.
Henry Price, High St.; 25th Jul 1849; 22.
James Price; High St.; 5 May 1857; -.
Jane Price; 9 Jun 1859; 72.
Thomas Price; Deer Park; 24 Mar 1868; -.

The earliest listing was in 1820 & the latest 1877.

I also took note of the following in the Baptism register:

Date Baptised; Date Born; Name; Father's name; Mother's name; Father's surname; Address; Occupation
6th May 1836; -; Jane; James; Jane; Price; -; -.
6th May 1836; -; James; James; Jane; Price; -; -.
(No birth date is given - these may be twins, or siblings christened together).
4th Aug 1850; 23rd Jul 1850; Mary Jane; Oram; Marianne; Adamson; Moystown; Soldier.
21st May 1854; 21st Apr 1854; Mary Anne; Thomas; Mary Price; Fitzroy; Kilcummin Rd.; Labourer.

The earliest entry was 1819 & the latest 1875. 
As far as I know the above listings are the only mentions of Price in the Baptism & Burial registers.  I haven't seen the Marriage register.

Also, search for James Price in Kings Co. (Offaly) in the land records of Griffith's Valuation:
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml
You'll see him in Moneenagulla in Tisaran parish.

Finally, there seems to be records of the family in the Ireland databases in http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=1&p=allCollections

I hope you find the above interesting.

[roxierocks]

Thanks for sharing your research.  I appreciate the leads on the Ireland databases.  I have not come across these through google searches. They certainly give me an opportunity to research further.  At some point, I would like to visit the UK.  The information you shared will help me determine the locales I might enjoy.